names
naymz
- n verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me - n a language unit by which a person or thing is known
those are two names for the same thing - n a person's reputation
- n family based on male descent
- n a well-known or notable person
they studied all the great names in the history of France - n by the sanction or authority of
- n a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- v assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
- v give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- v charge with a function; charge to be
- v create and charge with a task or function
- v mention and identify by name
- v make reference to
- v identify as in botany or biology, for example
- v give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- v determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- Research shows that unpopular names are more likely to lead to a life of crime.
- Sample drum names: "Even if you dress up finely, love is the only thing"; "The giant wood rat has no child, the house rat has no child"; "You'll die of witchcraft at midnight.
- A century and more ago when census takers began to go through the ghettos of German cities, Jews were obliged for the first time to adopt surnames.